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Population, long-run history by country

Annual, Persons, thousands

Source: Maddison Project Database 2023

Population, long-run history: latest observations by country
Date	Barbados	South Korea	Burkina Faso	Hong Kong SAR China
Dec 31, 1999	273	46,617	11,075	6,587
Dec 31, 2000	274	47,008	11,405	6,646
Dec 31, 2001	275	47,370	11,828	6,695
Dec 31, 2002	276	47,645	12,380	6,725
Dec 31, 2003	278	47,892	12,829	6,712
Dec 31, 2004	279	48,083	13,178	6,765
Dec 31, 2005	280	48,185	13,540	6,794
Dec 31, 2006	281	48,438	13,917	6,838
Dec 31, 2007	282	48,684	14,309	6,897
Dec 31, 2008	283	49,055	14,722	6,938
Dec 31, 2009	285	49,308	15,152	6,953
Dec 31, 2010	286	49,554	15,600	7,004
Dec 31, 2011	287	49,937	16,064	7,052
Dec 31, 2012	288	50,200	16,563	7,130
Dec 31, 2013	289	50,429	17,072	7,159
Dec 31, 2014	290	50,747	17,575	7,209
Dec 31, 2015	291	51,015	18,094	7,271
Dec 31, 2016	291	51,218	18,621	7,316
Dec 31, 2017	292	51,362	19,157	7,372
Dec 31, 2018	293	51,585	19,698	7,432
Dec 31, 2019	294	51,765	20,242	7,487
Dec 31, 2020	294	51,836	20,788	7,460
Dec 31, 2021	295	51,745	21,336	7,392
Dec 31, 2022	295	51,731	21,889	7,387

Source: Bolt, J. and van Zanden, J.L. (2024), Maddison style estimates of the evolution of the world economy: A new 2023 update, Journal of Economic Surveys, 1-41, DOI 10.1111/joes.12618. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. The original sources are listed on each page.

All data sources

Original sources of these estimates

GDP pc: 2008 - 2022: Total Economy Database the Conference Board for all countries included in TED. Otherwise UN national accounts statistics

South Korea

1911-1990: Cha, M.S., Kim, N.N., Park, K.-J., Park, Y. (Eds.) (2020), Historical Statistics of Korea. Studies in Economic History, New York: Springer Publishing
1820, 1870: Maddison, A. Monitoring the World Economy, 1995

No separate list is published for Barbados, Burkina Faso, Hong Kong SAR China; the database as a whole is cited above.